security

Recently I've received multiple calls that show up as Google on Caller ID

The 'person' on the other end sounds like an employee of Google and responds in a believably human way - I almost believed them when they said my Google account had been compromised

BUT thankfully I am 99% always suspicious of any calls on my cell phone except for those from a very select few people

TL;DR: ignore calls from anyone purporting to be Google - more details on how things could go horribly wrong if you don't

Recently I've received multiple calls that show up as Google on Caller ID

The 'person' on the other end sounds like an employee of Google and responds in a believably human way - I almost believed them when they said my Google account had been compromised

BUT thankfully I am 99% always suspicious of any calls on my cell phone except for those from a very select few people

TL;DR: ignore calls from anyone purporting to be Google - more details on how things could go horribly wrong if you don't https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/how-to-lose-a-fortune-with-just-one-bad-click/

The other thing is do not use Google Authenticator - its a single point for failure if your email is compromised

Basically a service independent of your email provider - I'm ofc not going to share my own publicly for opsec reasons, but there are many out there that are reliable

Oh snap that's a good point. What do you recommend using instead?

💯 Better to use a dedicated service for multifactor authentication like a Yubico Yubikey.